My MacBook Pro Sucks
September 10th, 2006 Filed in: Reviews, Mac Jump to commentsI recently bought a new MacBook Pro (my first Apple computer). Yes, I am one of the switchers. I have been a PC user for a while until Apple introduced Intel-based Mac notebook. I was tempted by the MacBook Pro and brought a 15.4-inch display, 2.16GHz Intel Core Duo, with 2GB of RAM (upgraded from 1GB). After couple hours of fun playing around with the Mac OS X, I installed Adobe CS2 and did couple test runs. I was so disappointed on its performance. It even runs slower than my old PC laptop (1.5GHz Centrino with 1GB RAM). That is impossible since the new MacBook has 2.16GHz CPU with 2GB of RAM. I thought it could be my Adobe software issue. So I went to install Macromedia Studio 8 to see how it perform. Same result - slow.
I got frustrated and did a quick search on Google. I found this review from MacWorld. Apparently, neither Adobe CS2 nor Macromedia Studio 8 supports Intel-based Macs (running on Rosetta) yet. Fortunately, Adobe has announced that they will fix this issue to support Intel-based Mac computers in the next versions. So, if you are planning to get a MacBook Pro as your work computer, you’ll be better off waiting until Adobe release the next version of Creative Suite.
Note: Universal application like Safari, iLife and Mail are running fine and smoothy on my MacBook.
Update
June 6, 2007
I’m now using Adobe CS3 on my MacBook and they run very nice. However, I still have problem with the heat issues (extremely hot when charging). I heard the second generation released in Oct 2006 is faster than my first generation and the heat issue is resolved.
April 29th, 2008 at 10:19 am
I bought a macbook pro in January ‘08 and it also gets really hot, especially when its on charge. Ive never had a problem with photoshop or illustrator though. It all runs pretty quick on here!
April 24th, 2008 at 5:51 am
Have you tried a app called smcFanControl its free and keeps my machine nice and cool, and the performance is better as well. Just a thought!!!
April 19th, 2008 at 10:18 am
And to close, ctrl+click quit, or file-quit.
April 18th, 2008 at 6:09 am
I never was much of a macbook fan, even after they released the macbook air.
I’d rather have an ASUS EE PC than a mac anyday :)
April 15th, 2008 at 5:56 am
The problem actually is not with your Mac. Unfortunately, some software are not compatible or supported by Mac. One major thing or advantage of Mac over the others is its ability to protect itself from all viruses and harm in any form which may result from installation and downloads.
April 15th, 2008 at 12:05 am
And to close, ctrl+click quit, or file-quit.
April 15th, 2008 at 12:04 am
A simple thing alot of switchers dont know is the red close button closes the window, not the program itself. So you probably have 10 things open at once and dont relise it. To tell if a program is open, there will be a little triangle at the bottom of the icon.
April 14th, 2008 at 11:35 pm
it heapened because the cs2 is made for power pc and to use it on intel you have to use roseta and some aplications doesn’t work well. cs3 is universal
April 6th, 2008 at 5:26 pm
Wow! it’s a good design
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Thanuka
March 26th, 2008 at 8:50 pm
My Macbook pro 2.2 sucks too.
They have Lepard, and you cant install Tiger to use t with my Pro Tools 7.4 that suks too.